| Identifier: | R/V Caretta |
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| Description: |
The R/V Caretta is a 58 ft steel-hull NOAA research vessel that is used for living marine resource studies in support of the SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory (Figure A-49). The vessel can sleep a total of six people. A variety of research gear deployed from the vessel includes: shrimp trawls with otter boards or skimmers, longlines, handlines, bandit reels, traps, CTD'S, camera arrays, It is equipped with depth recorders, surface water temperature gauge, and plotter for navigation, CTD winch, small crane. The homeport for the R/V Caretta is Pascagoula, MS. The R/V Caretta operates in state and federal waters from western Louisiana through the west Coast of Florida. |
| Record Created: | January 31, 2018 9:29 AM UTC by nathan.wilson@noaa.gov |
| Record Last Modified: | January 31, 2018 9:29 AM UTC by nathan.wilson@noaa.gov |
